Palettes / Colors / #BBD117

#BBD117 — Vivid Yellow

#BBD117 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color YellowGreen (#9ACD32). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: yellowgreen (#9ACD32) — not an exact match. CSS yellowgreen gives you #9ACD32, a different color; use #BBD117 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#BBD117 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #2C17CF; it also sits naturally between #CF8817 and #5DCF17. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 82% · Blue 9%

Cyan 11% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 89% · Key 18%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #BBD117

.text { color: #BBD117; }
.background { background-color: #BBD117; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BBD117; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 209, 23); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(67, 80%, 45%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BBD117; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 209, 23, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BBD117; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 209, 23, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BBD117">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BBD117">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BBD117

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #2C17CF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BBD117: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BBD117

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #BBD117 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BBD117 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #BBD117?

#BBD117 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 187, 209, 23). Its closest standard named color is YellowGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BBD117?

#BBD117 is RGB 187, 209, 23 — HSL 67°, 80%, 45% — CMYK 11%, 0%, 89%, 18%.

What colors go with #BBD117?

Its complement is #2C17CF; analogous partners are #CF8817 and #5DCF17. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BBD117 for text?

Black text on #BBD117 has a contrast ratio of 12.25:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.71:1.